LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Shropshire 1439 (19259); Clwyd Powys 19259
NMR: SJ 22 SE 8 (66013)
SM: 1004781
NGR: SJ266228
X: 326668 Y: 322932 (OSGB36)
Small multivallate hillfort on fairly steep sloping site located on a cliff edge to the N and close to Llanymynech Hill fort (Atlas No 0071). Double ramparts at the N end of the site and covered by additional outwork, but single bank and ditch to the E and W running parallel to the the scarp of the hill for c. 90 m, the ends turning at right angles to meet the scarp. Possible multiple ramparts on the S side, but now obscured by dense mixed wood planting. Offa's Dyke appears to have been incorporated in the W side rampart. The ditches are very variable. Generally upstanding, but fencing located on the W rampart. Undated. On 1st Ed. OS map (1875).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -343879 Y: 6945890 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.089119681104196 Latitude: 52.79892231202728 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England; Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Shropshire; Powys
Historic County: Shropshire; Montgomeryshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Llanyblodwell; Carreghofa
Generally upstanding, but fencing located on the W rampart.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Woodland and scrub with dense planting of mixed wood to S.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Steeply sloping hillside site between 210-225 m O.D. Sited on a cliff edge to the N of Llanymynech Hill.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✓ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✓ |
| Hillslope | ✓ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Cliff edge of Llanymynech Hill.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✓ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 210.0m
Part in Shropshire and part in Wales (Powys).
Boundary Type: National
None
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1875). Field observation 1972. Field observation Shropshire CC 1981. Field observation English Heritage 1987. Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP 1993-2000. Shropshire Council survey 2012.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1875): | OS map. |
| Other (1972): | Field observation OS. |
| Other (1981): | Field observation Shropshire CC. |
| Other (1987): | Field observation EH. |
| Other (2012): | Shropshire Council survey. |
| Other (None): | Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Marches Uplands NMP. |
No known evidence.
No water source on site.
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Possible causewayed SW entrance. No modern gaps recorded.
| 1: | No modern gaps recorded. |
| 2: | Possible causewayed SW entrance. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (South west): | Possible causewayed SW entrance. |
Double ramparts at the N end of the site and covered by additional outwork, but single on the E and W. Multiple ramparts on the S side, but obscured by dense mixed wood planting. Ditches very variable.
| Area 1: | 2.48ha. |
| Total: | 2.48ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 2 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✓ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Stone and earth banks.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✓ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | The ditches are very variable. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Dorling, P. and Wigley, A. 2012. Assessment of the archaeological and conservation status of major later prehistoric enclosures in Herefordshire and Shropshire, EH PNUM, Version 3.2, Hereford and Shrewsbury: Herefordshire Council/Shropshire Council.
Fox, C. and Hemp, W.J. 1926. Two un-recorded hillforts on Llanymynech Hill, Montgomeryshire and Blodwell Rock, Shropshire and their relation to Offa's Dyke, Arch Camb, 81, 395-400.
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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